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Hawaii Settles Lawsuit From Youths Over Climate Change. Here’s What To Know. [9]

"About two years after 13 children and teens sued Hawaii over the threat posed by climate change, both sides reached a settlement that includes an ambitious requirement to decarbonize the state’s transportation system over the next 21 years."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [17]
Source: AP [18], 06/24/2024
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"New ‘Detective Work’ on Butterfly Declines Reveals a Prime Suspect" [19]

"Agricultural insecticides were a key factor, according to a study focused on the Midwest, though researchers emphasized the importance of climate change and habitat loss."

Agriculture [20]
Biodiversity [21]
Chemicals [22]
Environmental Studies [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [24]
Pollution [14]
Science [25]
Wildlife [26]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [27], 06/24/2024
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Florida Reefs Are In Trouble. Is The Answer Coral From The Caribbean? [28]

"Off the northern coast of Honduras, thick stands of endangered elkhorn coral have mysteriously defied warming oceans fueled by climate change to blanket the reef with healthy, cocoa-brown colonies branching toward the water’s surface like antlers."

Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [11]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Natural Resources [24]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [31]
Central America & the Caribbean [32]
Source: NPR [33], 06/24/2024
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Athletes Warn ‘Hottest Games On Record’ May Threaten Lives At Paris Olympics [34]

"The Paris Olympics could be the hottest Games on record, with leading athletes warning that the intense heat forecast for competition could lead to athletes collapsing or – in a worst-case scenario – dying in competition."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Health [36]
Public [15]
International [31]
Source: Guardian [37], 06/24/2024
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"Behind the Push to Re-brand LNG as 'Green'" [38]

"Earlier this month, the Republican Governors Public Policy Committee sent a letter to President Biden, blaming rising gas prices on his administration’s energy policies and calling on him to back an industry wishlist that includes repealing air pollution standards, increasing oil and gas leasing, and lifting the temporary pause on permits for new LNG export terminals."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [40]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Drilled [41], 06/24/2024
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"The Weatherman Who Tried to Bring Climate Science to a Red State" [42]

"Chris Gloninger said he was hired to talk about global warming in his forecasts. That’s when things heated up."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [40]
Science [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [43]
Source: NYTimes [44], 06/24/2024
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"Fossil Fuel Use, Emissions Hit Records In 2023, Report Says" [45]

"Global fossil fuel consumption and energy emissions hit all-time highs in 2023, even as fossil fuels' share of the global energy mix decreased slightly on the year, the industry's Statistical Review of World Energy report said on Thursday."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [35]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Public [15]
International [31]
Source: Reuters [46], 06/21/2024
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Judge Orders BNSF To Pay Tribe $400 Million For Trespassing With Oil Trains [47]

"BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe’s reservation."

Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Justice [48]
Infrastructure [49]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [50]
Transportation [51]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Northwest (OR WA) [52]
Source: AP [53], 06/21/2024
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"SEC Urged to Probe JBS Claims on Environment, Animal Welfare" [54]

"Animal rights organizations have asked the SEC to investigate meatpacking giant JBS SA for allegedly misleading investors about its animal welfare and environmental practices in paperwork submitted to list the company on the New York Stock Exchange."

Agriculture [20]
Economy & Business [55]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [31]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [56], 06/21/2024
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Biden USFS Old-Growth Forest Proposal Doesn’t Completely Ban Logging [57]

"The Biden administration is advancing its plan to restrict logging within old-growth forests that are increasingly threatened by climate change, with exceptions that include cutting trees to make forests less susceptible to wildfires, according to a U.S. government analysis obtained by The Associated Press."

Biodiversity [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [58]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [59], 06/21/2024
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Climate Change Turbocharged Killer Heat Wave In Mexico, Southwest US [60]

"Human-caused climate change dialed up the thermostat and turbocharged the odds of this month’s killer heat that has been baking the Southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America, a new flash study found."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Studies [23]
Pollution [14]
Science [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [31]
Source: AP [61], 06/21/2024
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Warming May Be Driving Surge In Airborne Chemical Pollution in L.A.: Study [62]

"Warmer temperatures may be catalyzing a climb in vaporized chemical contaminants across Los Angeles, a new study has found."

Air [63]
Chemicals [22]
Climate Change [11]
Pollution [14]
Science [25]
Public [15]
California [64]
Source: The Hill [65], 06/21/2024
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"Four In Five People Want Stronger Climate Action, Says UNDP Survey" [66]

"Four in five people want their governments to take stronger action to tackle climate change, according to a United Nations survey. The UN Development Programme (UNDP), which published the poll on Thursday, said that 72 per cent of people across the 77 countries surveyed said they supported a quick transition from fossil fuels to clean energy."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [50]
Public [15]
International [31]
Source: Business Standard [67], 06/21/2024
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"Removal Of Gray Wolves From US West Wreaked Havoc On Ecosystem: Study" [68]

"The historic removal of gray wolves from the U.S. West facilitated the rise of mid-ranking predators across the region, wreaking havoc on historical ecosystem dynamics, a new study has found."

Biodiversity [21]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [24]
Science [25]
Wildlife [26]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [69], 06/21/2024
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Sex-Crazed Zombie Cicadas On Speed: Scientists Track Bug-Controlling Fungus [70]

"With their bulging red eyes and their alien-like mating sound, periodical cicadas can seem scary and weird enough. But some of them really are sex-crazed zombies on speed, hijacked by a super-sized fungus."

Biodiversity [21]
Chemicals [22]
Natural Resources [24]
Science [25]
Wildlife [26]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [71], 06/21/2024
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